Editing 1300 (section)

==October &ndash; December==
* [[October 28]] (13 Safar 700 AH) &ndash; After learning that the Mongol Empire plans to stage a new attack on the Middle East, including what is now the area occupied by Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine, the [[Mamluk Sultanate|Mamluk Sultan]], Nasir ad-Din Muhammad, leads an army from [[Cairo]] to confront the invasion.<ref>Amir Mazor, ''The Rise and Fall of a Muslim Regiment: The Manṣūriyya in the First Mamluk Sultanate, 678/1279 - 741/1341'' (Bonn University Press, 2015) p.121</ref>
* [[October 30]] &ndash; At [[Dumfries]], a truce is concluded between England and Scotland after being mediated by France and both sides agree to a cease hostilities until [[Whitsunday]] (May 21) of 1301. King Edward then returns to England.<ref>Sir David Dalrymple, ''Annals of Scotland: From the Accession of Malcolm III in the Year MLVII to the Accession of the House of Stewart in the Year MCCCLXXI'' (Archibald Constable & Co., 1819) p.421</ref>
* [[November 11]] &ndash; King Edward I holds a session of the English parliament at [[York]], then remains there until shortly after Christmas.<ref>John Wade, ''British History Chronologically Arranged'' (Bohn Publishing, 1843) p.53</ref>
* [[December 30]] (17 Rabi II 700 AH) &ndash; [[Ghazan|Mahmud Ghazan]], ruler of the Mongol Empire's Ikhanate area in the Middle East, crosses the [[Euphrates River]] at  Qala'at Jabar (modern-day [[Raqqa]] in Syria) to invade [[Syria]]. Residents of [[Damascus]], [[Aleppo]] and other areas of Syria, fearing a repeat of the massacre a few months earlier, flee toward [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]]. Ghazan turns back less than five weeks later because of unusually cold weather (including heavy snow and rain) that kills almost all of his cavalry's 12,000 horses.<ref>Angus Donal Stewart, ''The Armenian Kingdom and the Mamluks: War and Diplomacy During the Reigns of Hetʻum II'' (Brill, 2001) pp.146-147</ref>